Different theories, models and narratives of innovation compete for both legitimacy and authority. However, despite the variations, they all offer a consistent pro-innovation bias, dismissing resistance as irrational, and overlooking the value of non-users and collateral impacts. This book asks, what has been left out? It offers a reflexive view and invites researchers to consider new avenues of research, through a critique of current representations of innovation.

The chapters provide a different viewpoint on innovation by exploring what has been omitted from traditional innovation studies. The book examines imitation, non-innovative roles, resistance to innovation, slow innovation, the rationale of non-users, failure, withdrawal, collateral impacts and alternative models. Calling for new definitions and frameworks, the editors have created a critical program for innovation studies with new avenues for future research.

Offering state-of-the-art discussion of theories, models, narratives and ideologies of innovation and alternative approaches, this book will be an essential resource for scholars in technology and innovation, management, engineering, political and social sciences. It will also appeal to policy-makers in the science and technology sector.

Contributors include: C. Bagattolli, M.W. Bauer, L. Becerra, K. Berglund, T. Brandao, C. Canibano, M.I. Encinar, G. Gaglio, S. Garrido, B. Godin, F. Goulet, J. Juhl, J. Langrish, K.-H. Leitner, F.-F. Munoz, S.M. Pfotenhauer, B. Segercrantz, J. Soederberg, K.-E. Sveiby, H. Thomas, D. Vinck, L. Vinsel

About the Author
Edited by the late Benoit Godin, formerly Full Professor, Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, Montreal, Canada and Dominique Vinck, Professor, STS Lab, Institut des Sciences Sociales, University of Lausanne, Switzerland

Reviews
'There is much to explore in this volume, and much to look forward to as future scholars build upon it.. . . An interdisciplinary book such as Critical Studies of Innovation is a treasure because wrestling with these unique, and varying, perspectives can yield new insights to the -- curious and patient reader.'- Logan D. A. Williams, Minerva: A Review of Science, Learning and Policy
'Critical Studies of Innovation is a critically important and seminal work of outstanding scholarship that is unreservedly recommended for both college and university library collections and supplemental studies reading lists.' -- Midwest Book Review
'This book provides an indispensable collection of insights into the world outside the nimbus of superiority that surrounds innovation to this day. The book is a treasure trove for any student and scholar and a must-have for any library!' -- Foresight



Book Information
ISBN 9781785366963
Author Benoit Godin
Format Hardback
Page Count 352
Imprint Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Publisher Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd